Influence of Gender Composition in Pedestrian Single-File Experiments

Abstract

Various studies address the question of which factors are relevant to the course of the fundamental diagram in single-file experiments. Some indicate that there are differences due to group composition when gender is taken into account. For this reason, further single-file experiments with homogeneous and heterogeneous group compositions were conducted. A Tukey HSD test was performed to investigate whether there are differences between the mean of velocity in different density ranges. A comparison of different group compositions showed that the effect of gender can only be seen, if at all, in a small density interval. Regression analyses were also conducted to determine whether, at high densities, the distance between individuals depends on the gender of the neighboring pedestrians and to establish which human factors have an effect on the velocity. An analysis of the distances between individuals at high densities indicated that there was no effect of the gender of the neighboring pedestrians. Taking into account additional human factors in a regression analysis did not improve the model.

Keywords

• pedestrian dynamics
• single-file movement
• culture
• gender effect
• regression analysis